Books-A-Million (BAM) will celebrate in December the grand opening of its newest Atlanta-area store near Chastain Park in Sandy Springs. ToNeTo Atlanta exclusively reported this past May that the Birmingham-based retailer was joining the new store Trader Joe's at Chastain Market (4600 Roswell Road), where both stores occupy what was originally a Sprouts Farmers Market.
Books-A-Million currently operates more than 250 stores around the country including Georgia stores in McDonough, Canton, Douglasville (Arbor Place Mall), and Lawrenceville (Sugarloaf Mills). A store at The Avenue in Peachtree City closed this past January, but reopened in April in nearby Westpark Walk, where it replaced a former Tuesday Morning. Coincidentally, the bookseller's former space in The Avenue reopened October 27 as a new Trader Joe's.
The Books-A-Million of today is reminiscent of the Media Play of yesteryear, with plenty of books, but also magazines, manga, collectibles, toys, technology, and gifts, too. Books-A-Million started in 1917 and went public in 1992. In December 2015, the company was acquired by its chairman, Clyde B. Anderson and his family for $21 million.
In addition to its namesake brand, Books-A-Million also operates 2nd & Charles, which primarily focuses on used media and collectibles, with Atlanta area locations in Kennesaw and Roswell plus another in Columbus.
Have you ever been to a Books-A-Million store? Are you excited for the addition of Books-A-Million to Chastain Park? What would you like to see open in place of the former Tupelo Honey Cafe at Chastain Market?
Please share your thoughts below.
9 comments:
This is great! I can just walk across the street from the park after a concert and buy some books!
When I lived on the Southside I would occasionally visit the outpost on Jonesboro Road in McDonoughh.
Thrilled to hear this!!
Thrilled to hear this!!
I grew up with the Anderson family in Florence Alabama. My mom would take us to Andersons Bookland to shop for greeting cards and other printed items. I'm so excited for BAM to be opening less than a mile from me in Sandy Springs so many year later!
Well, they won't have to deal with shoplifters.
lol no. I worked at the Barnes and Noble in Perimeter Mall and suburban teenage girls, and their moms loved to steal out of our store. They loved the thrill of it, and they knew they would always be let go with a warning by the Dunwoody police.
Yes, those white suburban teenage girl organized theft rings targeting bookstores have been out of control for some time now. Sadly, this is why we never see Christian bookstores anymore. And its also why Barnes & Noble has to keep the New Testament behind locked cases now.
You should open up one, Alex! I bet you’re a really good Christian! You think the “right” way.
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